A new sensor principle based on the reflection of surface acoustic waves

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 54, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 618-621

  Backer, Holger ^a   Von Schickfus, Manfred ^a   Hunklinger, Siegfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gas sensors; Phthalocyanine; Reflection; Surface acoustic waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342866059     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0924-4247(97)80025-8     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. H. Wohltjen and R.E. Desy, Surface acoustic probe for chemical analysis. Parts I, II, III, Anal. Chem., 51 (1979) 1458-1475.
2. B.A. Auld, Fields and Waves in Solids, Krieger, Malabar, 2nd edn., 1990, Vol. 2, pp. 1-62.
3. L.M. Brekhovskikh and O.A. Godin, Acoustics of Layered Media, Springer, Berlin, Vol. 1, 1990.
4. R.C. Williamson and H.I. Smith, The use of surface-elastic-wave reflection gratings in large time-bandwidth pulse-compression filters, IEEE Trans. Sonics Ultrasonics, SU-20(2) (1973) 113-123.
5. D.P. Morgan, Surface-Wave-Devices for Signal Processing, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1985, pp. 375-392.
6. S. Datta, Surface Acoustic Wave Devices, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1986, pp. 151-178.
7. S. Datta and B. Hunsinger, First-order reflection coefficient of surface acoustic waves from thin-strip overlays, J.Appl.Phys., 50 (1979) 5661-5665.
8. M. von Schickfus, R. Stanzel, T. Kammereck, D. Weiskat, W. Dittrich and H. Fuchs, Improving the SAW gas sensor: device, electronics and sensor layer, Sensors and Actuators B, 18-19 (1994) 443-447.
9. H. Becker, C. Rupp, M. von Schickfus and S. Hunklinger, IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelect. Freq. Control, submitted for publication.